Fellows Lectures

To celebrate the opening of the new seminar room in the Mortensen Library, the Presidents' College announces a new series of monthly lectures specially arranged for Fellows of the Presidents' College and given by leading scholars on the University Faculty, who will report on their recent research and activities. The series comes as a privilege of membership as a Fellow and is entirely without charge It is also open to members of the University community upon presentation of a University ID.

Each lecture will be followed by a dinner with the speaker ($20) for anyone wishing to attend. Lecture fee for non-fellows: $20.

---

Programs complete

• What’s Eating Sharks? The Worldwide Decline in the Shark Population with Joanna Bonucinska
  The shark population is declining worldwide. This lecture will look at some of the anthropogenic and natural reasons for this decline. See brochure.
  Date: Friday, January 27, 2012
• Shakespeare’s Marlowe and Ours: Reacting to Christopher Marlowe’s Nonconformity with Robert Logan
  In the late 1590s, when Shakespeare first appeared on the London theatrical scene, Christopher Marlowe was the Shakespeare of the day, boldly overturning dramatic conventions and creating remarkable improvements that would forever transform English drama. But Marlowe was also the poster child of bad behavior--brash, transgressive, and unruly. Were he and Shakespeare therefore at odds, bitter rivals, or comrades-in-arms? How do Shakespeare’s perceptions of Marlowe compare with ours today? To what degree did Marlowe influence Shakespeare in his artistic and commercial aims? This talk will address these and related questions. See brochure.
  Date: Friday, February 17, 2012
• New York Dozen: Twelve Young Architects of Gotham with Michael Crosbie
  Young architects in New York are finding new ways to practice, experimenting with cutting-edge materials, and expressing changing values in their work. Michael Crosbie’s new book profiles the work of twelve firms making a name in the city that never sleeps — the latest of a new generation of practitioners that are being challenged by a new economy.  He will introduce the book and tell us what some of the most creative young architects in New York are doing, among them Arts Corporation; Architecture in Formation PC; Andre Kikoski Architect; Christoff: Finio Architecture; Della Valle Bernheimer; Leven Betts; Leroy Street Studio; MOS; NARCHITECTS; studio S U M O; WORK Architecture Company (WORKac); WXY Architecture. See brochure.
  Date: Friday, March 9, 2012